| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding meetings and the activities of the Royal English Forestry Society (REFS) and the REFS South Western Division. Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Wilfred E Hiley; E Stebbing, University of Edinburgh; Empire Forestry Association; G Pepler; R Williams-Ellis; G Palmer, House of Commons; the Royal Scottish Forestry Society; and members of the REFS including R Coke, R Gardner, J Genese, and G C Wolryche-Whitmore.
Subjects include: meetings; suggestions for a broad sheet; the publication of Forestry Journals; appointments of County Council Advisors; taxation of woodlands; Post-War Policy including state control, death duties, education, marketing organisation, pest control, and the function of the Royal English and Royal Scottish Forestry Societies; estate woodlands and the problems of private forestry in Britain; timber supply; charcoal; Wilfred E Hiley's pamphlet on 'The Future of British Woodlands'; proposals for a new Forestry Bill; Forestry Commission meetings including a summary of discussions; and the rehabilitation of Private Woodlands.
Additional material includes: an outline of a programme for the REFS summer meeting in Denmark; Leonard's notes on meetings; a copy of a speech by Leonard Elmhirst at the REFS general meeting; memoranda on Post-War Policy, Forest Policy, and Post-War Policy in relation to Private Woodlands; comments from Members of the Council on the Post-War Policy memorandum; an official 'War Cabinet Committee on Reconstruction Problems, Post-War Forestry, Report by the Paymaster General'; and photographs (LKE/FOR/1/B/001, 002). |